January 11, 2016

Introducing Bold Blossoms

Hey-o! Welcome back for the second day of the Papertrey January Countdown! Today is a fun one because today, I've got peeks at my new collection of products called Bold Blossoms! (You know I'm always excited about FLOWERS!) The Bold Blossoms collection includes stamps, dies and coloring pages that I can't wait to tell you about! *wink!* First up, let's talk about the stamps and dies, which I used on this card.

All of the new products you're getting peeks at this week will be available for purchase at Papertrey Ink beginning on January 15 at 10pm EST.

The Bold Blossomsstamp setincludes both solid and outline versions of these stamps and leaves, so whether you're in the mood to color your images or not, this set has you covered! The anemone-inspired stamps are two- or three-step stamps, depending on the look you're going for. For the above card, I heat embossed the largest outline flower on a panel of watercolor card stock, with white embossing powder, followed by the flower center image. I repeated the same process on several die cut leaves and two more flowers. (The leaves are just one stamp each.)

Next, I watercolored everything with my Zig markers (links below) and stamped a sentiment from Bold Blossoms on the watercolor panel. I trimmed off the side of the panel, letting that flower stick out off the edge and then layered on all the other flowers and leaves.

For this card, I used the solid image stamps from the set. Anemones are kind of amazing flowers. We planted some this past year and I LOVE them! The amazing thing about anemones is that the flower centers are usually black, but the petals can be a wide variety of different colors and sometimes that color doesn't start right at the base of the petal -- the base of the petal is white and then the color starts a ways up the petal. So I designed these flowers with that in mind, wanting to give you the design option of keeping the petal bases white or not. That being said, you have the main flower images, a center portion that you can fill in with a second color and then the center detail that you can stamp in black over the top. So each of the flowers can be stamped with just two stamps -- as I've done on these flowers -- or you can add the third stamp for some additional color under that black stamp. Make sense? Two-step or three-step -- the choice is yours!

I smooshed some Zig marker ink that was spritzed with water, on some watercolor card stock to create the background, and when that was dry, added a sentiment from Bold Blossoms. The whole thing was layered on a soft stone card base.

Next up, I want to tell you about the Bold Blossoms COLORING PAGES!!! You guys, I'm not even kidding, these things are SO MUCH FUN!! So here's the deal -- you can buy packages of pre-printed Bold Blossoms papers that you can COLOR YOURSELF! You don't have to do any stamping or arranging of the flowers....all of that has already been done for you, so you can just color and go! And not only that, but you can buy them printed on stamper's select white card stock OR on WATERCOLOR PAPER!!!! So whether you want to color them with Copics, colored pencils, crayons, watercolors or whatever else you can dream up, there is a paper option for you!

So you know how popular those adult coloring books are these days? They're popping up everywhere....in book stores and heck, I've even seen tv specials about how popular they've become! These Bold Blossoms papers give you all the fun of an adult coloring book, but when you're finished, rather than just having a coloring book full of colored-in pages, you have a stack of little works of art that are ready to be made into cards! Just stamp a sentiment -- or even add a sentiment strip over the top -- and pop them on a card front!

The paper collections contain 18 papers (3 each of 6 designs) and are either $8 or $9, depending on which paper type you choose. So even if you buy the $9 pad, that breaks down to 50 cents for each paper. If you turn each one into card a card, you can simply pop it on a card base (which you can do for less than 10 cents each), which means you can make a card for 60 cents (plus tax)! If you want to add a strip of card stock over the top to stamp the sentiment on, that's just another few cents and you've got a super affordable, but really pretty card! AND, you got to have all the fun of an adult coloring book, while coloring that really pretty card in. :)

So for these cards, you know I couldn't wait to bust out my Zig markers to color them. The Zigs work best on watercolor paper, so that's the option you'll want to choose, if you're gonna color with Zigs. I watercolored each and simply stamped a sentiment and then popped them on a card base. Seriously, so much fun to just sit and color in front of the tv or wherever and when you're done, you can put together a stack of EIGHTEEN cards lickity split!!

I designed this particularly paper vertically, but as you can see, you can also easily turn it for a horizontal orientation as well! The sentiment here, is from Mum's the Word.

This sentiment is from Thank You Kindly.

And these sentiments are from Scripted.

Stay tuned the rest of the countdown for more peeks at these fun flowers! But until then, I hope you've enjoyed today's peeks!

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Introducing Bold Blossoms

Hey-o! Welcome back for the second day of the Papertrey January Countdown! Today is a fun one because today, I've got peeks at my new collection of products called Bold Blossoms! (You know I'm always excited about FLOWERS!) The Bold Blossoms collection includes stamps, dies and coloring pages that I can't wait to tell you about! *wink!* First up, let's talk about the stamps and dies, which I used on this card.

All of the new products you're getting peeks at this week will be available for purchase at Papertrey Ink beginning on January 15 at 10pm EST.

The Bold Blossomsstamp setincludes both solid and outline versions of these stamps and leaves, so whether you're in the mood to color your images or not, this set has you covered! The anemone-inspired stamps are two- or three-step stamps, depending on the look you're going for. For the above card, I heat embossed the largest outline flower on a panel of watercolor card stock, with white embossing powder, followed by the flower center image. I repeated the same process on several die cut leaves and two more flowers. (The leaves are just one stamp each.)

Next, I watercolored everything with my Zig markers (links below) and stamped a sentiment from Bold Blossoms on the watercolor panel. I trimmed off the side of the panel, letting that flower stick out off the edge and then layered on all the other flowers and leaves.

For this card, I used the solid image stamps from the set. Anemones are kind of amazing flowers. We planted some this past year and I LOVE them! The amazing thing about anemones is that the flower centers are usually black, but the petals can be a wide variety of different colors and sometimes that color doesn't start right at the base of the petal -- the base of the petal is white and then the color starts a ways up the petal. So I designed these flowers with that in mind, wanting to give you the design option of keeping the petal bases white or not. That being said, you have the main flower images, a center portion that you can fill in with a second color and then the center detail that you can stamp in black over the top. So each of the flowers can be stamped with just two stamps -- as I've done on these flowers -- or you can add the third stamp for some additional color under that black stamp. Make sense? Two-step or three-step -- the choice is yours!

I smooshed some Zig marker ink that was spritzed with water, on some watercolor card stock to create the background, and when that was dry, added a sentiment from Bold Blossoms. The whole thing was layered on a soft stone card base.

Next up, I want to tell you about the Bold Blossoms COLORING PAGES!!! You guys, I'm not even kidding, these things are SO MUCH FUN!! So here's the deal -- you can buy packages of pre-printed Bold Blossoms papers that you can COLOR YOURSELF! You don't have to do any stamping or arranging of the flowers....all of that has already been done for you, so you can just color and go! And not only that, but you can buy them printed on stamper's select white card stock OR on WATERCOLOR PAPER!!!! So whether you want to color them with Copics, colored pencils, crayons, watercolors or whatever else you can dream up, there is a paper option for you!

So you know how popular those adult coloring books are these days? They're popping up everywhere....in book stores and heck, I've even seen tv specials about how popular they've become! These Bold Blossoms papers give you all the fun of an adult coloring book, but when you're finished, rather than just having a coloring book full of colored-in pages, you have a stack of little works of art that are ready to be made into cards! Just stamp a sentiment -- or even add a sentiment strip over the top -- and pop them on a card front!

The paper collections contain 18 papers (3 each of 6 designs) and are either $8 or $9, depending on which paper type you choose. So even if you buy the $9 pad, that breaks down to 50 cents for each paper. If you turn each one into card a card, you can simply pop it on a card base (which you can do for less than 10 cents each), which means you can make a card for 60 cents (plus tax)! If you want to add a strip of card stock over the top to stamp the sentiment on, that's just another few cents and you've got a super affordable, but really pretty card! AND, you got to have all the fun of an adult coloring book, while coloring that really pretty card in. :)

So for these cards, you know I couldn't wait to bust out my Zig markers to color them. The Zigs work best on watercolor paper, so that's the option you'll want to choose, if you're gonna color with Zigs. I watercolored each and simply stamped a sentiment and then popped them on a card base. Seriously, so much fun to just sit and color in front of the tv or wherever and when you're done, you can put together a stack of EIGHTEEN cards lickity split!!

I designed this particularly paper vertically, but as you can see, you can also easily turn it for a horizontal orientation as well! The sentiment here, is from Mum's the Word.

This sentiment is from Thank You Kindly.

And these sentiments are from Scripted.

Stay tuned the rest of the countdown for more peeks at these fun flowers! But until then, I hope you've enjoyed today's peeks!

Hi there! I'm Dawn McVey and I'd like to welcome you to my little corner of the internet. My hope is that you'll find this place warm and welcoming! I'm a graphic designer with a heart for God. I love color and all things vintage! I live with my handsome husband, Bart, and Windsor, our sweet labrador retriever.
I was extremely sick for more than 8 years and eventually had a rare small intestine transplant on October 28, 2017! During those years of being so sick, I got lots of practice learning how to choose joy in the midst of extreme suffering! ;) I'm so, so grateful for all that the Lord has done in our lives to bless us and to bring me to a place of health! He used that long season of illness to draw us closer to Him and we've also seen Him use our transplant story in amazing ways, to pour faith, hope and joy into the lives of others. Those years of struggle were so hard, but I wouldn't trade them because I can see how He was with us every step of the way and how He was using every bit of it for our good and His glory. My hope now, is that I can encourage you to choose joy in the midst of your own struggles. While you're here, I hope you laugh or smile or find some inspiration and encouragement. I hope you enjoy your time with me and ultimately, I hope you see some of HIM while you're here. He is everything. Much love, friends…

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